ANDY WARHOL "SHOES" POLAROID, 1980Andy Warhol began using the big shot Polaroid camera in 1971 and continued using it religiously until his death in 1987. Despite the camera being discontinued in 1973, he continued to use it to capture the actors, artists, dancers, politicians, socialites, and Factory members of his world. Warhol's Polaroids were often used as preparatory works for his iconic portraits and other artworks. They also revealed his immediate personal vision, chronicling

any opportunity to feel self-critical is bumped by the self-affirming slogan

By harnessing the vernacular of American signage

like many of this era

It is both evocative of Ingres and Matisse for the simplicity and sensuality

Stella consciously positioned the shapes towards the left-hand margin

From a series of 250

His characteristically bold

The web in this image is delicate and just out of focus

Christie's New York

and consumer culture

evocative of chiaroscuro

The title itself is perhaps a play on words